Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber’s self-driving efforts, has declared bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $179m for damages related to his alleged theft of trade secrets from Google. Mr Levandowski was one of the founders and a key engineer for the Google self-driving project — later called Waymo — that was founded in 2009. Shortly after he left the company in 2016, he co-founded Otto, an autonomous trucking company later acquired by Uber for a reported $680m. Read More...
Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber’s self-driving efforts, has declared bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $179m for damages related to his alleged theft of trade secrets from Google. Mr Levandowski was one of the founders and a key engineer for the Google self-driving project — later called Waymo — that was founded in 2009. Shortly after he left the company in 2016, he co-founded Otto, an autonomous trucking company later acquired by Uber for a reported $680m.
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